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Old 1st December 2012 | 10:10
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phiggsbroadband
 
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Hi, just to mention that some old petrol cars had a bi-metalic valve in the air inlet pipework, that allowed air to be taken from near the exhaust pipe.
The reason given in the owners manual being that it increased the vapourization of the fuel in cold weather.

Nowadays Intercoolers are used to reduce the air temperature between a turbo, and the engine, as the turbo heats the air by compression.
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